Literacy

The future needs Dyslexic Thinking! British social entrepreneur, founder and CEO of charity Made By Dyslexia, Kate Griggs has been shifting the nar...

Of interest in their own terms as a significant cultural practice, reading groups also provide a window on the everyday interpretation of literary ...

The rise of New Literacy Studies and the shift from studying reading and writing as a technical process to examining situated literacies—what peopl...

The enduring legacy of the nineteenth-century struggle for Black literacy in the American South   Few have ever valued literacy as much as the ensl...

This volume offers an updated analysis of the methodology of reading and reading research since 1995, when the landmark book Verbal Protocols of Re...

Teaching with Dystopian Text propounds an exchange of spatial to pedagogical practices centered around “Orwellian Spaces,” signaling a new utility ...

Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork, this book explores the learning and literacy dimensions of local volunteering for social change in the P...

First Published in 2000. Over the last 30 years, growth in the popularity and provision of books for children has been remarkable. The quality and ...

This book is based on an in-depth ethnographic study of the National Adult Literacy Programme (NALP) in Malawi. It highlights the significance of e...

Understanding Reading revolutionized reading research and theory when the first edition appeared in 1971 and continues to be a leader in the field....

This collection of essays examines how our visual and language systems interact in relationship to reading. Addresses four important questions...

This collection offers an inclusive, multifaceted look at individual students’ patterns of writing trajectories, as well as their development of an...

This collection offers an inclusive, multifaceted look at individual students’ patterns of writing trajectories, as well as their development of an...

Mirroring worldwide debates on social class, literacy rates, and social change, this study explores the intersection between reading and social cla...

Innovations and Challenges in Applied Linguistics from the Global South provides an original appraisal of the latest innovations and challenges in ...

In this groundbreaking, cross-disciplinary book, Rebecca Rogers explores the complexity of family literacy practices through an in-depth case study...

Navigating Languages, Literacies and Identities showcases innovative research at the interface of religion and multilingualism, offering an analyti...

Stories from the Heart is for, by, and about prospective and practicing teachers understanding themselves as curious and literate beings, making co...

Reading Work: Literacies in the New Workplace explores changing understandings of literacy and its place in contemporary workplace settings. It poi...

In this groundbreaking, cross-disciplinary book, Rebecca Rogers explores the complexity of family literacy practices through an in-depth case study...

The influential first volume of the Handbook of Reading Research waspublished in 1984. This classic work, an essential resource for researchers, st...

Concept Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) is a unique, classroom-tested model of reading instruction that breaks new ground by explicitly showing...

This volume makes a timely contribution to our understanding of literacy as a multi-faceted, complexly situated activity. Each chapter provides the...

This book examines the materiality of writing. It adopts a multimodal approach to argue that writing as we know it is only a small part of the myri...

The realities of new technological and social conditions since the 1990s demand a new approach to literacy teaching. Looking onward from the origin...

Leading Dynamic Information Literacy Programs delves into the library instruction coordinator’s work. Each chapter is written by practicing coordin...

Leading Dynamic Information Literacy Programs delves into the library instruction coordinator’s work. Each chapter is written by practicing coordin...

A probing and prescient consideration of writing as an instrument of punishment.   Writing tends to be characterized as a positive aspect of litera...

This edited volume grew out of a conference that brought together beginning reading experts from the fields of education and the psychology of read...

How do we effectively teach children from homes in which a language other than English is spoken? In Improving Schooling for Language-Minority Chil...

Latina Leadership focuses on the narratives, scholarly lives, pedagogies, and educational activism of established and emerging Latina leaders in K-...

In this book, the author investigates a central issue in language testing research: What are the key features that contribute to item difficulty in...

This book provides strong, diverse context that supports educators in driving theory to practice when engaging with English Language Learners. It u...